If at a gun show it seems that Enfield rifles call my name from several tables away. The bottom rifle I picked up at a show last fall. I must have been the only person to show any interest at all in...
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If at a gun show it seems that Enfield rifles call my name from several tables away. The bottom rifle I picked up at a show last fall. I must have been the only person to show any interest at all in...
Does this qualify for a meager start to a Enfield collection? Hoping to expand now that I seem to have enough M1 Garands for now. Should have bought more Enfields while prices were cheaper!
That chair is what I call Kawasaki green. Since I ride a Kawasaki Concours 14 it has been a favorite color. Added bonus is its always easy to find!
Well I finished putting the 1936 Lithgow together today. Like I have said it has had a rough life. Ended up replacing a few parts with Lithgow parts when I could find them. Some of them may not be...
Here are pictures of receiver markings. Interesting to me anyway that forward of the barrel flat on top -knox form?- there appears to be a 6 point star stamp where the barrel tapers away from that...
Nothing on other face of the butt stock. Not relieved for safety either which I am guessing it should be????? You may very well be correct that someone was trying to restore a spotter. Was missing...
Nose caps I have on hand. Left is marked BA and is from Springfield Spotters. One On right I got at a gun show out of a box of parts for a few bucks.
Bottom sight came on rifle. Top sight came from Springfield Sporters as a Australian sight thought slides could be British they said. Looks to new to blend with patina of rifle.
These are parts I have picked up that are supposed to be of Australian origin. Marked with the six pointed star, OA or BA.
Butt stock that came with.
More photos of what came with rifle when purchased. The copper plates or draws I have shimmed. Also repaired some small cracks and built up the breakout around the king bolt bushing. Used acraglass.
Reciever
Being a fan of Enfield rifles a few years ago I found a pretty beat up No1 Mk III in a local gun store. It had seen a lot of abuse and neglect in it years but appealed to me. Had the magazine cutoff...
Hello all! One of my many firearms interests is Military Surplus including but by No means limited to United States, Swiss, British, German and pretty much anything else that strikes my fancy!...